The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-03-13
BOB TAYLOR's WHISKY.
Funny Incident of n Political Farce Enact
ed Last Year in Tennessee.

Funny Incident of n Political Farce Enact
ed Last Year In Tennessee.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON. March 12-.The late guherna-
torial campaign a family affair throughout,
and roaring farce withal," said Southern
Senator to-day. "The Democrats nominated a
man named Bob Taylor. Then the Republicans
determined to match that with another, and
from the same family, and therefore they
pitched on Alf Taylor as their nominee. ALT
and Bob stumped and fiddled the State together,
for they were both fair country fddlers. as we'll
as fair country stumpers While Bob was speak
ing AT was fddling. and vice versa. And so
they went through the State, county by county;
and, as the campaign neared its end, it was seen
that the contest would be very close one aud
therefore each one of the opposing b<othsrs put
an extra degree of limberness into their jaws
and their elbows, and they fddled and fddled,
and spoGted and spouted, until the one gallowsed
and copperased- breaches fellows just howled
with enthusiasm, and made the hills and valleys
of old Tennessee echo and re echo with the vocal
and musical sounds.
when they got into the mountain counties Of
East Tennessee Alt felt that he had the bulge
on Bob there, for those counties are nearly all
strongly Republican, and he sailed in to just lay
Robert out on the cooling board. In order to
capture the mOuntalnoorS the more euectuQllv,
he resorted to the native lingo, and the way he
thus waded into the affections of his hilltop aud
tors was just surprising. Nothing daunted,
Robert followed suit and essayed to go one more
than Alt had put up TO do that he announced
! in all his East Tennessee speeches that IF any of
| you burned galoots find big bellied jug out
thar in the dog kennel. with a corn cob stopper
in it, jist wade in and take yer everlasting fill Of
the true sperrt of Jacksonian Democracy This
captured the crowd. The speakers stand be-
| came silent waste within five minutes, and
| everybody took to the dog kennel.
&'Now. Aft IS known to be very sly young
| man, while Bob is of a more frank and open
| nature. ALT had kept his eye on brother Bob,
and when he saw him breaking for the kennel
| and taller weeds and bushes he knew that some
| sort of game to win the hearts of the mount
| aineer was afoot So he slipped around on Rob-
erts flank and was rewarded by first seeing him
| take laundering big swg out of corpulent
| Jug and theE tuck it deity away among the
reeds. He at once slipped away, and hired
| darkey who lived near to run home and bring
him a bucket of buttermk and empty Jug
about as big as Bob's. He first emptied the con-
| tents of Bobs into his own Jug and then filed
Bobs plumb full of buttermilk. After taking q
hearty swig. he too slipped away, carrying Bob's
| whisky with him. The first man who found
| Bobs jug, after his generous invitation, was a
big. six foot, and gaunt mountaineer He
| pulled out the cob with 'whoop,' turned the
jug almost bottom up and let about pint Of
| the acidulous contents tumble down his throat.
His look was one of calm peacefulness while ele-
| waiting the jug. which was soon followed BY an
expression of intense surprise and huge disgust,
followed by an aspect of flaming and red hot in
dignation. He dropped the jug as If it was red
hot jumped about five feet into the air and
yelled out: bod burn his onery hide! Jest let
me clap my later diggers onto him. and off he
started for the stand The next to sample
Bobs whisky tainted ight and soon the ex-
| element spread ali throLn the crowd. Soon
Bob arose to make the closing speech, but was
received with yells and execrations in which
'Buttermilkp The frSudr and 'Hooray for ALT
Taylor! took the leadi,- parts. Bob looked
| things unutterable at 20 met his gaze with
face mantled over 4 depression of happy
innocence. Then Boil .1ied to pacify his for
mer friends, but it was no go. A few Of the old
iron-clad confederates still stuck to him. hut the
other half voted straight out for ALI, and don't
care dod-ding who knows it as one OF them ex-
pressed it. And now the Democracy OF East
y TeuncaSee IRE divided info two WARTIME And In